The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-29
AND FIRES FIVE GUNS IN PASS
ING THE WINNING POINT.
She Made the Trip In IA Days, 10
Hears, 0 Minutes and II See
0nds, While the
DAUSTLESj CONSUMES OYER
SIX VEES DAYS.
Both Yachts Drop Anchor In as Good
shape as When They Raised
1kem on staten Island.

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o'c ock this morning. Nothing has
been seen Of the DSuntless. The
Co-onet passed the Winning point al
1880 o'clock under q full presa Of can.
vas, the wind at tina. hour being
northwest and fresh. In passing the
given line, Rcche's Point, the vic.
torious yacht fred FIVE guns, and the
time Wss at once taken by the secre.
taty and members Of the Royal Yacht
Cub, who had been on the lookout
for her arrival. The club then hoisted
a sig1sl announcing the OorOnet's ar.
rival, the vArious stations answering
the %peunant. The wind was blowing
hard and the Coronet entered Cork
hRrbor in spanking style, with all
calls set and huggtng the western
shore. From the start TO the finish
the CJronet experienced strong galee,
with tremendous On Tuesday
and Wednesday last she hove to for
several hours each day, and made only
ninety miles in the forty-eight hours.
Her average run during the passage
varied from $50 TO $50 miles a day.
The Coronet arrived at 12:4l o'clock
pm. The apparent time occupied
in passage Is IA days, 20
hours, "a minutes, 46 seconds,
and the actual time, computed
on the Greenwich basis, IA days, 10
hours, 3 minutes, IA seconds. The
whole number OF nautical miles sailed
Is 2949. The long, t days III is POI 8
miles, made on Saturday, March 26th,
and the shortest SO 8 miles, made 81
Tuesday, March 22d. The weather
was uncommonly stormy, even for
this eason OF the year. No less than
seven heavy gales contrived to keep
tire sea in a fOnent for eleven days Of
the trip, and for two days the weather
was 80 severe as to make the question
Of the yachts living through them
somewhat doubtful. She behaved
splendidly, however, In all sorts Of
weather, and proved herself one Of the
Btaunchest, II not one OF the fastest
vessels OF her type saoat. No acct.
dents happened TO any Of the sailors,
despite the great risks they were com.
PEELED to undertake at times. With
the exception OF three torn sails and a
little broken tackle, everything on
board the boat was in as good shape
when the onchor was dropped Off
Queensto Wn 70 when il was raised oil
Thompkinsville, Staten Island. 1t Is
thought that q much quicker passage
might have been made had Capt.
Ciesby carried more sail. On several
occasions, when the wind WAS light
but the sky threatening, no was very
eau ious, and his judgment was con.
trolled largely by the barometer,
which was much OF the tins below 20
and seldom above 80, the nominal
height in the latitude trsverssd. The
made was u little mors norther-
ly than was thought safe, but fortu
nat ,ly no icebsrgs we're encountered.
The number OF people on board the
OOroDet vas twenty-nine, including
sailors, five officers, the stew
cook, mess boy and Ave guests.
The officers were: CSpt. O. z. eros,
navigator, Il. b, y. Anderson,
mates, W. A. Whittier and Otto Pc.
tersou; b~oatswain, Augustus Berg
holm. Toe advantage gained by the
O1ronet at the start increased the con-
hdence Of those on board in both
boat and skippers. 1t was the
htst time Capt Crosby had
ever participated in n yacht race
Of any sort. He freely ad.
mitted that he feared Cap. Samuels of
tho Dauntles, with his past expsri-
ence, would succeed in crossing the
line eomew hat ahead. How needless
these apprehensions were ia already
known. !, 10 not too much to say tina,
in his manuevering he displayed more
judgment and tact than is usually seer
in races near New York. After taking
the anchor on board at IL o'clock ON
the morning OF the start, he heat about
the bay of Owls Head, surveying the
wafer and verifying tho position Of
buoys II and 10, between which she
mIs. pas after the signal had been
given from the judges tug. When
t1e preparatory signal was given the
Coronet was making q reach up the
bay with head toward the Battery.
Crosby held the wheel, and by his side
was Capt. Anderson, watch in baud,
Couuting The seconds. Seven minutes
from the time OF the fret signal Crosby
ordered the helm 'hRrd.a.bs" to bring
the boats bead around, She was under
so seconds IN stays, and then fairly
flaw before the strong northerly wind.
As it had been arranged that the start.
ing signal would DO given ten minutes
aft, = the preparatory signal, ii seemed
pr1ba ble that the Ooronet would
rsacl the line probably a minute be,
fore the time for the second signal,
when 1t would be necessary to 90
about agalp, thus causing a Considera.
bio loss Of time. Crosby wRs equ Al to
the EN- 'rgency, however. Whom he
realized what was imminent, he
spilled the wind out Of the sheets by
trimming fat ait, bringing the big
schooner almos. to q staudstill. When
the signal was finally given he paid
out the shsetl fora and aft, ran up the
square sail, forestry sail aud top sails
aud in tnirty seconds the OorOnet
crossed the line. The Dauntless, 1t
will bs remembered, was of Gowsnus,
nearly q mile away, with her stern to.
ward the judges boat. Every 20 81
Die bLltCn oil canvas was spread on the
Ooronet as she sped through the Mar
rows at the rate Of thirteen miles an
hour, surrounded by tugs, steam.
era and steamboats,. Once
or tTice when under the
lee OF the highland il seemed !,
though her opponent was lsining her
los! ground rapidly, but when the wind
filed the rails again che left the
Da mt ess further sstorn than at the
start. The tortuOus swash chsnue
having bean followed to the ocean, the
Sandy Hook lighthouse bore west by
south, a d the open sea portion Of the
trip began. The course ala was cast
by south. The sky was clear and the
brs,z, which had veerud rould 20
northwest was ireshened. When the tx
cursion boat Bay Ridge, which was the
only one OF the hset OF steamers 70 &C.
company the racing yachts as far as
Hook light ship turned hack st
about $40 pm, the relative position
u TIE scho0ners was nearly the same